Facebook live. An update on the grass fire breaking out in South San Francisco these are from sky max 7. Thats the Industrial City sign right next to highway 101. The flames creeping up the hillside. Honesty, this video speaks for itself. The Landmark Sign with smoke surrounding it. You can see trying to make drops right now to get that fire under control. But the good news now fire Officials Say this is fully contained. It started before noon. At one point homes nearby were threatened but only a few had external damage. Check out the latest right now on our website abc7news. Com and also on the abc7news app. All right. We are always lucky to have him by our side as the coronavirus continue to make headlines. To break all of this down for us and get us some answers, special correspondent dr. Patel joining us right now. Hi there, my friend. Thank you for being here. Thank you. Lets start with how the bay area is doing when it comes to transmission rates. Were still doing ok. If you look
Louisiana and minnesota where the deaths of two black men and Police Shootings sparked outrage in dallas. In baton rouge, louisiana, violence erupted overnight when police began to arrest protesters blocking the street. In st. Paul, minnesota, police say more than 100 people were arrested in more than 20 officers were hurt. Overnight in a black lives matter protest. Today, more protests in new york, this one in union square was large, loud, and peaceful. Now, this is being put on at vb memorial cathedral in oakland. The doors open at 5 30 and the event starts at 6 00. Reporting live in oakland, kristy smith, nbc bay area news. All right kristy, thank you very much. President obama is expected to speak at a Memorial Service in dallas on tuesday, but today from spain, he addressed the violence of this past week and also the results in protests. Whenever those of us who are concerned about fairness in the criminal justice system, attack Police Officers you are doing a disservice to the ca
Entry. So you did not tested prior to october 1 . No, sir. Again that hearing you can see in its entirety tonight at 8 00 p. M. Eastern on cspan. And yesterday the house energy and commerce subcommittee on communications and Technology Held a hearing on wired communications and internet protocolbased networks. Some of the topics discussed include the telecommunication laws surrounding those networks as well as the impact of Communications Advancements on consumers and businesses. This is a little more than two hours. [inaudible conversations] we will call the subcommitsubcommit tee on communications and technology to order and begin our hearing on the evolution of wired Communications Networks. Wired Communications Networks have come a long way since the days of the telegraph or the rotary phone. It is getting harder and harder to remember at a time when you wanted to reach out and touch someone ma bell twisted copper wires were the only option. Todays consumers have so many more optio
We will continue to update you as more details become available. The senate is out this week so on cspan2 we are going to bring live coverage of a number of events including a house hearing at 10 30 that examines the future of why your Communication Networks and how Technological Advancements could impact consumers and businesses. Host host welcome back. We are joined by congressman joe barton, a republican member of the house energy and commerce committee. Thank you for joining us. Later this week the committee will have the first hearing on the web site healthcare. Gov. Tell us what are your biggest questions . Guest my biggest question is why they put that much money into something that flat out doesnt work. Theres been lots of socalled which is over the years and other web sites in the private sector, but weve never had a website that almost no one gets through the first time without any problems. So we have the contractors this their stay and the next thursday the secretary Kathle
Spectrum auction at the fcc in nearly half a decade. We will have another later this year. The a spectrum auction, which everybody has been eagerly anticipating, the incentive option of spectrum in 2015, as the new fcc chairman, tom. Heeler, has stated that is, as i see it, one of the bigger issues in congress and the fcc on the tech front. Wireless carriers have been lobbying aggressively for many years to free up federal airwaves, commercial airwaves to satisfy their consumers appetite for bandwidth. How major is this months spectrum auction . Later this month, the fcc will hold an auction for spectrum. Many people thought it would be a bigger deal. Basically, there is going to be. Nly one bidder is dish for years, Sprint Nextel had suggested that they were going to bid, but they have not filed bid. Plication to the to they have no interest at this point, so it is really going to buying thene spectrum. Not really a spectrum auction so much as a spectrum sale, but we will see the fcc